Derek Carr

Derek Carr

Carr 2017
Las Vegas Raiders - No. 4
Quarterback
Date of birth: March 28, 1991
Place of birth: Fresno , California
Height: 1.91 m	Weight: 97 kg
NFL debut
2014 for the Oakland Raiders
Career
College : Fresno State
NFL Draft : 2014 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36
Teams: Oakland / Las Vegas Raiders (since 2014 )
Current status: active
Career highlights and awards
NFL 3 × Pro Bowl ( 2015 , 2016 , 2017 ) college 2 × All-American Sammy Baugh Trophy (2013)
Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season
TD - INT	143-62
Thrown yards	22,793
Pass attempts	3,313
Passes arrived	2.120
Passes arrived in%	64.0
Quarterback rating	90.7
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Derek Carr Dallas (* 28. March 1991 in Fresno , California ) is an American American football player at the position of quarterback . He plays for the Las Vegas Raiders in the National Football League (NFL).

youth

Derek Carr was born on March 28, 1991 in Fresno, California, the youngest of three sons to Rodger and Sheryl Carr. His brother David Carr also played quarterback for Fresno State and was selected in the 2002 NFL Draft by the newly formed Houston Texans as the first player . His brother Darren Carr played as a defensive lineman for the University of Houston . Her uncle Lon Boyett also played in the NFL.

After David Carr was signed by the Texans, the family moved from California to Sugar Land , Texas , where Derek Carr played football at Clements High School. Before his senior year of high school , the family moved back to Bakersfield , where he played football for Bakersfield Christian High School.

college

Derek Carr, like his older brother David, played college football for Fresno State . He was not used for the first two years in college . In the three years he played as starting quarterback for his college, he scored 12,843 yards in passing and 113 touchdowns . He wears jersey number 4 in honor of the achievements of his role model , Brett Favre .

NFL

The Oakland Raiders selected Derek Carr as the 36th player in the 2014 NFL Draft in the second round. During the training camp, Carr prevailed against Matt Schaub and was used as starting quarterback in the first game of the regular season of his rookie season . He was the first rookie to play the first game of the season as a starting quarterback for the Raiders. He ended the season with a new high for rookie quarterbacks for the Oakland Raiders, with 3,270 yards in the passing game .

In 2015 he improved and led his team, after only three wins in the previous year, to seven wins and nine losses when he threw for 3,987 yards and 32 touchdowns at 13 interceptions . He was promoted to the Pro Bowl alternative, and when Aaron Rodgers turned down, he was eventually promoted to contestant.

In 2016, Carr led his team into the play-offs for the first time in his career. He threw for 3,933 yards and 28 touchdowns with only 6 interceptions. In week 16, however, Carr was seriously injured and therefore missed the last game of the regular season and the games in the play-offs. Due to his good performance during the season, Carr was nominated for the Pro Bowl in 2016, but was unable to participate due to his injury.

Career statistics

year	team	Games	Comp-Att	Comp%	Yards	TD	INT	QB Rtg
2014	OAK	16	348-599	58.1	3,270	21st	12	76.6
2015	OAK	16	350-573	61.1	3,987	32	13	91.1
2016	OAK	15th	357-560	63.8	3,937	28	6th	96.7
2017	OAK	15th	323-515	62.7	3,496	22nd	13	86.4
2018	OAK	16	381-553	68.9	4,049	19th	10	93.9
2019	OAK	16	361-513	70.4	4,054	21st	8th	100.8
total		94	2,120-3,313	64.0	22,793	143	62	90.7

Source: NFL.com

Records and awards

After his final season in college, Carr was awarded the Sammy Baugh Trophy . In his rookie season, he scored the most yards (3,270) in passing that a rookie quarterback scored for the Oakland Raiders.

Private

Derek Carr has been married since June 29, 2012 and has a son with his wife Heather since August 2013. His brother David Carr was also a quarterback and was selected as the first player in the draft in 2002 . David played in the NFL for eleven years, five of them with the Houston Texans .

Web links

• Homepage of Derek Carr
• Oakland Raiders biography
• Fresno State Bulldogs Biography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Derek Carr Bio. In: gobulldogs.com. Fresno State University, accessed on March 16, 2015 : "Born March 28, 1991 ... married the former Heather Neel on June 29, 2012 ... one of three sons of Rodger and Sheryl Carr" 
2. ↑ Derek Carr. Family. In: derekcarrqb.com. Derek Carr, accessed on March 16, 2015 (English): "Derek Carr was born in Fresno, California the youngest of three children, to Rodger and Sheryl Carr." 
3. ↑ Derek Carr Bio. In: gobulldogs.com. Fresno State University, accessed on March 16, 2015 (English): "played two seasons of high school football in the Houston area before moving back to his hometown of Bakersfield the summer before his senior year" 
4. ↑ Derek Carr Bio. In: gobulldogs.com. Fresno State University, accessed on March 16, 2015 (English): “Most admires Brett Favre because he never quits ... wears jersey No. 4 in honor of Favre " 
5. ^ Rebecca Corman: Oakland Raiders Unofficial Depth Chart. A look at the Raiders Week 1 unofficial depth chart ... In: raiders.com. Oakland Raiders, September 2, 2014; archived from the original on September 5, 2014 ; accessed on April 29, 2019 (English): "Carr will be the first rookie QB in Raiders history to start a season opener and he is the only rookie QB scheduled to start this week's game in the NFL." 
6. ↑ In succession procedure: Carr and Lee to the Pro Bowl ran.de, accessed on January 22, 2016
7. ↑ Regular season statistics on nfl.com. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
8. ↑ David White: Harrowing Moments Far From the Field. The New York Times, August 28, 2013, accessed on March 16, 2015 (English): “All of that changed three days into preseason camp, in the early-morning hours of Aug. 6, when Carr went from the face of the Fresno State program to a terrified father of a newborn with a condition that turned his intestines into sailor knots. "